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Phrase of the Day (run its course)-11OCT20

Phrase of the Day (run its course)-11OCT20

Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is run its course and it is a phrase meaning “to develop in the normal way and come to an end naturally; cease to exist, fade away, vanish, disappear”.

Example Sentence: This pandemic is still in its first or second chapter. Waiting for the virus to magically disappear, allowing it to run its course through society, or imposing continual lockdown measures without a clear strategy beyond waiting for a vaccine are all suboptimal choices that will damage our health, our economy and our society.

This phrase is present in The Guardian article Continual lockdowns are not the answer to bringing Covid under control and click here to read it.

Courtesy: The Guardian

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